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come made of stripes of velvet alter.
mating with lace insertions, either of
French lace like Chantilly or of mar
quis or, else gulpure. These have
four or five stripes of velvet and the
same of lace in each width of the
goods, which is sold by the yard
like piece lace, and is made up in
diagonal stripes for the apron and
with straight back breadths. Some
Of the bias surplice fronts have
these stripes crossing from the right
shoulder to the left side at the waist
line, while the back is basque of
straight stripes. Pale yellow and
talleul or linden green, also absinthe
green, are fayorite shades for the
silk over which these black laces are
used. Point d'esprit net striped
with watered ribbon is another fabric
for over.dresses, and is also much
used for fine knife pleatings on gauze
or silk muslin dresses. The basques
with longer back, bias blouse front
with gilt belt, and mutton leg sleeves
are very stylish for these favorite
black gowns. The mutton-leg sleeves
have stripes around the deep cuff
which reaches nearly to the elbow.
and the full puff from the armho4e
down is made over silk lining
shaped in to ct the arm.
Lawns, percale, and coutille or
jean. as thick almost as pique, are
the cotton fabrics most used by
French dress. makers The lawns are
the cool pretty muslins beloved of a
past generation, and are ma up
with blouse waists and much festoon.
ed oyerskirts with wide Valenciennes
edging them and brides and bows
of gros grain ribbon in the soft new
shades that are really old-dull rose
violet, pea green, and the carnation
pink that has purple tinges. White
coutille with red lines is made up
with fans and a sash drapery of red
surah; the edges of the coutillc are
pinked, and plain red jean is also
pinked and alternated with striped
fabric.
Embroidered muslins in stripes of
open patterns are much used for
skirts and for corsages with narrow
ribbons run through the holes, while
their drapery is a scarf overskirt or
sash made of width of surah in
plain color or in Scotch plaids. The
narrow ri obons are plain or plaid to
match the drapery. Some gay alter
noon dresses for the sea side or for
watering places are made of red
twilled silk with ecru embroidered
stripes on the corsage, and knotted
scarf ends of the silk on the side of
the skirt; indeed, bright red plays
an unusual part in the new lmporta
tions, and is seen in silks, in percales
and in many soft wool goods smooth
lv woven like the muslin de-laine of
long ago. The new summer Benga.
line in Pompadour designs ar" made
up over the skirts just noted of en-
Droidered muslins with narrow rib
bons running down them, and ending
near the foot in a rosetle or a bow
with loops and ends.
Old fashioned barege, a sheer wool
fabric, is again revived, and there are
many dresses o: wool batste in pale
blue, green or old rose shades made
up over silk. and trimmed with Fee
dora lace and bows Of MORE ribbon.
Black silk stockings and those of
the Sea Island cotton known as Ir.
ish Balbriggans will remain the ia
vorite choice for general wear with
summer toilettes Tor morning, after
noon and evening alike. There are
also colored silk and Balbriggan
hose imported in shades to match
evening dresses such as old rose,
china blue, pearl and cream colors,
these come quite plain, with clocks
on the sides, or else they haye en-
broidery or brocaded design, with
the figures so sunken in the fabric
that the surface is quite smooth
and will not fray easily. There are
also new dark silk stockings to
match costumes of absinths or
bronze green, heliotrope, rosewood,
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